Ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad flees to parts unknown as rebels declare country is 'free of the tyrant'
The rebels, which operate under the military command of the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group (HTS), moved into the capital ...
Assad exhibited little of the tackiness of Iraq’s Saddam. But his rule was just as brutal
Slender shoulders, a limp handshake and soft-spoken lisp. Those were the most vivid memories from my meeting with Bashar al ...
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Syria's new leader says elections expected in 4 years, constitution in 3
Ahmed al-Sharaa expressed his hope that incoming US President Donald Trump will lift the sanctions on Syria, and that Russia ...
Monday Briefing: Al-Assad’s Final Days in Power
This account of al-Assad’s fall, much of which has not been previously reported, is based on interviews with Syrian, Iranian, ...
Syria’s New Leader Calls on Countries to Drop Terror Designation and Lift Sanctions
Ahmed al-Shara stressed diplomacy in an interview but criticized Israel’s advance into Syrian territory. A statement said to ...
Putin ‘promises’ to ask Assad for help in finding Austin Tice following letter from mother
Russian President Vladimir Putin promised to ask former Syrian President Assad for help in obtaining information on American ...
Syrian rebel leader says goal is to ‘overthrow’ Assad regime
The goal of Syria’s rebel coalition, as it wrests another major city from government control this week, is ultimately to ...
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Klimkin on Assad’s fall and its impact on Russia - interview
Klimkin suggested that Assad’s fall may prompt Russian President Vladimir Putin to draw parallels to his own regime’s vulnerabilities. “Putin is likely pondering whether this could happen in ...
5 takeaways from Putin’s annual press conference
Russian President Vladimir Putin talked for more than three hours during an annual news conference in Moscow on Thursday, ...
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Iron-fisted Assad never quelled the Syrian rebels who came back to topple him
Assad became president in 2000 after his father Hafez died ... He appeared to make light of the accusation in a BBC interview in 2015, saying: "I haven't heard of the army using barrels, or maybe, ...